December 2013

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Eat a Red Apple Day
Rosa Parks Day on this day in 1955 she refused to give up her seat.
World AIDS Day
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David Macaulayborn, 1946
National Fritters Day
Artist Georges Seurat born, 1859
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International Day of Persons with Disabilities
National Roof-Over- Your-Head Day
First successful heart transplant (1967)
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Munro Leaf born, 1905
National Cookie Day
Wear Brown Shoes Day
Phonograph Invented (1877)
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Walter Elias (Walt) Disney's Birthdayborn, 1901
Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955)
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Ira Gershwin's Birthday born, 1896
Mitten Tree Day
St. Nicholas Day
13th Amendment abolishing slavery, ratified (1865)
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National Cotton Candy Day
Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day(1941)
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James Thurber born, 1894
National Brownie Day
Inventor Eli Whitney born, 1765
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Ball-Bearing Roller Skates Patented in 1884
First Christmas Seals Issued in 1907
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Rumer Godden born, 1907
Human Rights Day
Emily Dickinsonborn, 1830
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National Noodle Ring Day
UNICEF AnniversaryEstablished in 1946
Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock (1620)
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Barbara Emberley born, 1932
Golf Tee Patented(1899)
Hovercraft Patented(1955)
Poinsettia Day
Marconi's radio signal crossed the Atlantic (1901)
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National Cocoa Day
Susan B. Anthony dollar coined in 1970
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First Miniature Golf Course Opened in 1929
South Pole Discovered in 1911
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Bill of Rights Day
Underdog Day
David McCord born, 1897
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Beethoven's Birthday (1770)
Marie Hall Ets born, 1895
Quentin Blake born, 1932
Boston Tea Party Anniversary (1773)
Las Posadas
National Chocolate Covered Anything Day
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Wright Brother's First Flight (1903)
National Maple Syrup Day
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Wear a Plunger On Your Head Day
Baseball great Ty Cobb born, 1886
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Eve Bunting born, 1928
Oatmeal Muffin Day
Dickens' A Christmas Carol published in 1843
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Games Day
Electric Light demonstrated in 1879
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First Day of Winter
First Crossword Puzzle in a Newspaper (1913)
Humbug Day
Look at the Bright Side Day
National Flashlight Day
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First Christmas Lights sold in 1882
Mercury Thermometer Was Invented in 1714
U.S. Golf Association Founded (1894)
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Roots Day
Federal Reserve System established (1913)
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Christmas Eve
National Egg Nog Day
Apollo 8 reached the moon (1968)
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Christmas
National Pumpkin Pie Day
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Boxing Day
Kwanzaa Begins
National Whiners Day
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Ingri d'Aulaire born, 1904
Visit the Zoo Day
World Bank created (1945)
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Card Playing Day
Chewing Gum Patented in 1869
Iowa became the 29th state (1846)
National Chocolate Day
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Texas became the 28th state (1845)
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Tiger Woods born, 1975
Author Rudyard Kipling born, 1865
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New Year's Eve
Artist Henri Matisse born, 1869
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More Lesson Plans!

Also see our other December Lesson Plans, Thematic Units and Activities
Special Goings-On

Hi Neighbor Month

Kwanzaa, African Harvest Festival (Last week in December)

National Stress Free Family Holiday Month

Read A New Book Month

Safe Toy and Gift Month

Universal Human Rights Month

Write to a Friend Month